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enwebmaster@abajournal.comCopyright 20122012-07-31T02:47:00+00:00Gerald Abila’s Barefoot Law helps Ugandans use smartphones to learn about their legal rightshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/gerald_abila/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/gerald_abila#When:13:45:00ZUganda’s legal system is based on English common law, but criminal defendants who can’t afford legal representation—and most can’t—aren’t appointed counsel unless they face a…]]>2014-09-29T13:45:00+00:00Ronald Deibert’s ‘CSI of cyberspace’ exposes global injustice and promotes cybersecurityhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/deibert_legal_rebels_profile/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/deibert_legal_rebels_profile#When:13:30:00ZRonald Deibert likes to refer to the laboratory he directs as the CSI of cyberspace.

2014-09-25T13:30:00+00:00‘You can’t incarcerate away drug problems,’ says Ann Aiken, who proposed a tech tool for paroleeshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/ann_aiken/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/ann_aiken#When:13:30:00ZAnn Aiken has long been troubled by the number of new federal prison inmates being locked up for violating supervised release.

Each year between 8…]]>

2014-09-23T13:30:00+00:00Emma Greenwood helps the defense bar integrate tech—and levels the criminal justice playing fieldhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/emma_greenwood/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/emma_greenwood#When:13:30:00ZEmma Greenwood’s background—working for tech companies and startups—came in handy when she started her own law practice in 2007.

The New York City lawyer found…]]>

2014-09-18T13:30:00+00:00Canada’s Colin Lachance is blazing a ‘new frontier for free legal information’http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/colin_lachance_profile/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/colin_lachance_profile#When:13:30:00ZThe Canadian Legal Information Institute was already a smashing success—and the envy of many in the free law movement—even before Colin Lachance took over as…]]>2014-09-16T13:30:00+00:00Wevorce CEO Michelle Crosby is shaking up the adversarial divorce processhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/michelle_crosby_is_shaking_up_the_adversarial_divorce_process_with_wevorce/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/michelle_crosby_is_shaking_up_the_adversarial_divorce_process_with_wevorce#When:13:30:00ZThe most traumatic moment of Michelle Crosby’s life has also been her most transformative.

“My parents had one of those War of the Roses-type divorces,”…]]>

2014-09-11T13:30:00+00:00Seeing the possibilities of automation, Tim Hwang is working toward the death of practice-as-usualhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/seeing_the_possibilities_of_automation_tim_hwang_is_working_toward/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/seeing_the_possibilities_of_automation_tim_hwang_is_working_toward#When:13:30:00ZTim Hwang went to law school and became a lawyer for one reason: To kill the legal profession as we know it.

2014-09-04T13:30:00+00:00Gavin McGrane hopes to set the pace for documents with PacerProhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/gavin_mcgrane_hopes_to_set_the_pace_for_documents_with_pacerpro/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/gavin_mcgrane_hopes_to_set_the_pace_for_documents_with_pacerpro#When:13:45:00Z

• A young iconoclast whose stated goal is to kill law practice as we know it.

• A lawyer who…]]>

2014-09-01T15:40:00+00:00Meet the 2014 Legal Rebelshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/meet_the_2014_legal_rebels/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/meet_the_2014_legal_rebels#When:01:10:02ZThe ABA Journal is pleased to present Legal Rebels 2014, with nine new innovators named in this year’s project.

Read short profiles of each Legal…]]>

2014-08-26T01:10:02+00:00Law students can collaborate globally to solve problems in the industry, says Michele DeStefanohttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_michele_destefano/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_michele_destefano#When:18:30:17Z

Photo of Michele DeStefano by Jason Myers.

Is there room for globalized…]]>

2013-09-25T18:30:17+00:00How patent lawyer Raj Abhyanker developed a $8.5M book of business with Trademarkiahttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_raj_abhyanker/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_raj_abhyanker#When:19:30:40Z

2013-09-17T18:50:42+00:00How designer Margaret Hagan drew her way through law schoolhttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_margaret_hagan/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_margaret_hagan#When:18:30:52Z

2013-09-11T18:30:52+00:00Can John Mayer make law textbooks a thing of the past? ‘It’s fun pushing the envelope,’ he sayshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_john_mayer/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_john_mayer#When:18:30:51Z

2013-09-04T19:05:34+00:00Michael Poulshock’s Hammurabi Project aims to make law and regulations accessible to the masseshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_michael_poulshock/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_michael_poulshock#When:19:00:13Z

Photo of Michael Poulshock by Arnold Adler.

In his day job, Michael…]]>

2013-09-03T19:00:13+00:00Meet our 2013 Legal Rebelshttp://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/2013_legal_rebels_a_banner_year/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/2013_legal_rebels_a_banner_year#When:15:29:59ZOn our list is a law student making law visual. A professor bringing mock competition to transactional practice. Another linking students and mentors from around…]]>2013-09-01T15:29:59+00:00Best way to boost access to justice? Change ethics rules, ‘13 Legal Rebel Renee Knake sayshttp://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_renee_knake/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/2013_legal_rebel_profile_renee_knake#When:22:00:21Z